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- noun Plural form of
mercenary .
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Examples
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He urged other nations to join in that request, saying he feared there could be a large-scale massacre in Tripoli and calling on African nations to stop sending what he called mercenaries to fight on behalf of Khadafy's government.
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Zuniga’s use of the term mercenaries, and the accompanying text that did, indeed, say “screw ‘em” was mindless, thoughtless, and did result in more than one politician removing ads from his site.
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Some say the violence is being carried out by people they describe as mercenaries, apparently from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Residents for a second day reported seeing African troops they described as mercenaries and said they were killing civilians and firing guns into the air.
Gaddafi refuses to cede power; protesters win backing of defectors 2011
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Some say the violence is being carried out by people they describe as mercenaries, apparently from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Some say the violence is being carried out by people they describe as mercenaries, apparently from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Residents for a second day reported seeing African troops they described as mercenaries and said they were killing civilians and firing guns into the air.
Gaddafi refuses to cede power; protesters win backing of defectors 2011
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Residents for a second day reported seeing African troops they described as mercenaries and said they were killing civilians and firing guns into the air.
Gaddafi refuses to cede power; protesters win backing of defectors 2011
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Residents for a second day reported seeing African troops they described as mercenaries and said they were killing civilians and firing guns into the air.
New clashes reported in Tripoli; U.S. citizens to evacuate 2011
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Protagonists remain mercenaries simultaneously out for money and for somewhat doing the right thing.
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